Browsing All Posts filed under »Music: Hindi Cinema«

A very happy 80th birthday, Ilaiyaraaja

June 1, 2023

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From the Web (FTW) #7: The Magic of K Vishwanath’s songs

May 21, 2023

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Why do Indian movies have songs? Well that’s a question that is being increasingly asked now, but it was not the case earlier. Given that Indian movies had their base in the various forms of “stage” or “theatre” traditions, when sound came into movies, songs became integral. For a very long time, songs played a […]

Interview: Mani Ratnam / AR Rahman (PS-1, PS-2, 30+ years of working together…)

April 22, 2023

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From the Web (FTW) #5: How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music

March 22, 2023

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From Scroll: ‘Almost all Hindi film songs have beat patterns which are straight and regular. But OP Nayyar had other ideas.’ Rhythm king The poor sarangi! Hindi film music had accorded it a rather limiting role – either in the kothas or as mournful accompaniment to melancholic songs. No music director had violated the rule. […]

Farewell, Vani Jairam

February 4, 2023

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‘Spotify: Cinema with BR’ Episode 1: On AR Rahman, on his birthday

January 6, 2023

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Readers Write In #475: This Rose is still as fresh as it was in 1992

August 13, 2022

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By Anand Raghavan 30 yrs back on the Independence Day, just when India had opened up its economy through liberalisation ,  escaping a worse economic collapse, with baby steps into a new start, came as a  breath of fresh air in film music,  breaking the shackles of the sound, the monotony in  recording , something […]

Raga 2 Rock

April 3, 2022

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A plug for Madan Mohan’s book. You can buy the book from the notionpress store:https://notionpress.com/read/raga-2-rock As well as from Amazon:  https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09WYSNBBZ Blurb: Ever wondered why millennials listen to old film songs from the ‘60s and the ‘70s? How did they get into the habit in the first place? Were there composers other than R D Burman operating […]

Readers Write In #445: A tale of two sisters

February 21, 2022

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By Madan Mohan When I tried to write a tribute to Lata Mangeshkar after she passed away, the words wouldn’t come.  Partly, it was simply because what could I write anyway that others wouldn’t have.  What is there to say about self-evident brilliance?  You may find Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony boring but you are not going […]

The film song as a tone poem

February 20, 2022

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When AR Rahman’s soundtrack for Atrangi Re was released, the song that instantly wormed its way into my ears was Tumhe mohabbat hai. It wasn’t just the music or the longing in Arijit Singh’s expression. It was also Irshad Kamil’s word-weaving. The entire song has two “themes”. The first is the overarching theme: Dhanush’s sadness/heartache. […]

Goodbye, Bappi Lahiri!

February 17, 2022

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Music Notes #2: Exploring the ‘Raja brought Tamils back from Hindi music’ urban myth

November 17, 2021

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So this comes from a recent comment from a reader (as it keeps coming up) that in the 1970s, Tamils were under sway to Hindi film music until the arrival of Ilaiyaraaja brought them back to Tamil music. I have asked many people born in the 1950s and 60s about this — family and others. […]

Interview: AR Rahman (BAFTA Breakthrough, Taare Ginn, Ponniyin Selvan…)

October 27, 2021

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#AskBR – Jagame Thandiram

June 23, 2021

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In which I answer a few questions on an older film… or a new one… or talk about actors and directors… or take on a few YouTube comments… For more, subscribe to FILM COMPANION SOUTH: http://bit.ly/2xoNult Copyright ©2021 Film Companion.

#AskBR – Remembering SPB with singer Srinivas

June 4, 2021

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In which I answer a few questions on an older film… or a new one… or talk about actors and directors… or take on a few YouTube comments… For more, subscribe to FILM COMPANION SOUTH: http://bit.ly/2xoNult Copyright ©2021 Film Companion.

Readers Write In #348: What I wanted to ask Rahman

March 22, 2021

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(by Madan Mohan) The day I signed up for the Film Companion Front Row discussion with A R Rahman, I formulated the question I wanted to ask him.  When the discussion started, I was maybe the second guy to punch in my question in the chatbox.  But the numbers were against me from the get […]

My interview by Venky Ramachandran – On music

February 24, 2021

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Interview: Bombay Jayashri

February 2, 2021

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Readers Write In #323: Reminiscences of a Yesudas concert

January 11, 2021

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(by Jayram Sataluri) It was Sunday, April 17th 2011. I was at JP Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey waiting outside the school.I did not have the exact money to pay for the ticket. But a family friend who I hadn’t seen in a decade understood my predicament and paid for it. I paid […]

Interview: Suresh Krissna recalls his journey with SPB

September 30, 2020

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